On My Own- Chapter 3

Jacob just stood there, mouth slightly open, as his eyes openly raked up and down Bella's body. Bella…well, Bella had slightly filled out…

Her wet shirt clung to her medium sized chest; the lacey, soft green bra that was softly cupping her breasts was extremely noticeable. Her waste narrowed gently, sweeping out to form generous hips where her shorts stuck to her like a second skin. He swallowed deeply as his eyes followed the droplets of water down her long, muscular legs to the floor.

"Alright, everyone in the living room….I think it'd be best if we gave them…some time to talk. And Jake, honey…..There's an extra pair of shorts on the back of that chair….," Sue said, as she began to shoo everyone out of the room.

After everyone left, and Jacob had pants on, when it hit Bella that they were alone, the surprised, curious look on her face slowly shifted to that of scared insecurity. As she crossed her arms over her chest, slightly curling in on herself, she timidly tried to get Jacob's attention.

"Jake…..Jake….Please….Please look at me," Bella urged. Jacob slowly brought his eyes back up her body to meet her eyes. God, her beautiful doe eyes were wide open, begging, his mind too blank to know what for.

"Jake I…..I don't know what to say…..I…I'm pretty sure at this point that sorry doesn't cut it…By the time I realized that I…Fuck Jake…"

'Fuck Jake,' Jake thought, floored that the word fuck would ever come from Bella's mouth…

Before any more babbling could fall from Bella's mouth, Jacob finally came back to himself. He stepped up to her and, just like he did all those years ago, pulled her into his arms.

"Bells. Bella. Stop, just stop. I'm so glad you're here, you're safe,"

'God she smells good'

"I can't believe you're here. I don't know why you're here, I'm just glad you ARE here."

Bella stood unmoving, seemingly in shock in his arms.

After a moment of thinking as to why she may be acting like this, it hit him-'Shit. My wolf. SHE SAW MY WOLF.'

Suddenly stepping back, "Bella….Bella….Oh God, I know you saw…I can explain….uhhhh."

'Yeah, and HOW the hell am I going to explain this shit."

"Jake, it's fine. No really, it's fine. Look….I think it's best we ALL sit down and talk. I know you have some stuff to explain, and God knows I have a lot to explain…."

They all gathered into the living room, after Leah and Emily were found. The elders had also entered the house while Bella and Jacob were in the kitchen having their reunion.

The pack each took turns, helping to explain the legend of the protectors of the Quileute, and why Jacob had been a large wolf when they first entered the house (minus the imprint bit).

"Oh, so you're shifters," Casey calmly stated.

"Shifters?" Jacob asked, confused.

"Yeah," Veda took over. "Ya'll know, humans that change into animals? What, ya'll didn't think that your pack was the only one? Or that there aren't other kinds of animal shifters?"

The pack looked around, seemingly more confused than before. "Well, guys," Bella sighed, exasperated. "I think it's time that we tell you a bit about us. And maybe the whole reason why we're here…."

The girls sat there, trying to read the expressions on the pack's faces. Most sat there wide-eyed, in complete confusion and awe, a few seemed thoughtful, but Jacob, well, he looked pissed.

Seth asked hesitantly, "So wait….there are….other things out there? Like what?"

"Well," Alex looked thoughtful. "You know every story you knew as a kid or heard about growing up? The Tooth Fairy, the monster under your bed, ghost and ghouls….Add that to pretty much any and all lore and myth, and that pretty much sums up the things."

"And you fight those things?" Jacob growled, trying to control himself.

"Um…Only if we need to….Like, if they're causing trouble..." Bella answered hesitantly, noticing Jacob's anger.

"And this thing….The thing that has been killing all those people…. THAT'S why you're here?" Jacob's voice was more of a growl now, eyes slowly shifting to gold.

"Jake…" Billy rolled forward hesitantly.

Jake looked into the eyes of all of the Elders. "You can all go fuck yourself," he ground out before jumping up and heading out the door, muscles shifting restlessly beneath his skin as he fought to gain control of his body.

"Jake! Jake wait! Please Jake just talk to me! What's really going on?" Bella yelled as she chased Jake into the woods.

Jacob whipped around, Bella stopping a couple feet away. "I'll tell you what's going on! You came back! After all this time, you came back! And it's not for me, but it's so you can potentially get yourself killed? No, NO! I refuse to let that happen. I know I told you to go find yourself, but had I KNOWN that this was what you were up to…Isabella Swan I would have hunted you down and spanked your ass, hard, until you couldn't sit for a week."

Jacob watched as Bella's distraught face slowly turned red, expression changing to that of anger. Stomping forward until she was inches from him, Bella tried her best to look intimidating, despite their height difference.

"You listen here, Jacob Black. If you think that I'm still some clumsy, timid girl that can be easily told what to do, you can go straight to hell. There are peopledying and I'm not about to sit around and let the people I love be put in harm's way. I'm not a fucking child, so don't fucking treat me like- "

Before Bella could finish her rant, Jacob slammed her against the tree they were next to, pressing his lips firmly against hers. He pinned her hands above her head, then thread his fingers through her hair before using it to tug her head to the side. Moving his mouth right next to her ear, he growled, "Mine!"

He then proceeded to bite her neck, careful not to break the skin. Bella let out a deep moan, arching her back off the tree, pressing her body against his. When she felt him, large and hard in his shorts, she let out a shudder before grounding herself against him. Releasing her hands, Jacob grabbed her thigh to hoist her legs around his waist. The change in position caused a cloud of pheromones to drift into his sensitive nose. "Fuck Bella," he growled.

Bella fought the lusty haze that had taken over her brain- "Jake…Jake…we can't….not in the woods…"

Jacob snorted as he continued his onslaught on her neck, "And why can't we?"

"Jake…Um…..well, you see….I'm…still…..a virgin…."

Jacob suddenly froze, before resting his head against hers, both panting from the adrenaline of what had almost happened.

Jacob let out a husky laugh, "You're really amazing….You know that, right? After all this time, you come back all big and bad, and you're telling me you're a virgin? Really? Not that I'm complaining, but… Why?"

"Well…" Bella hesitated, blushing. "I just…I didn't find anyone I wanted to be with like that….and we were always so busy…"

'And they weren't you,' Bella thought.

"Don't get me wrong Jake. I really, REALLY want to do this with you….And I'm not so uptight that I'm not up for a little fun in the forest…But I really don't want my first time to be fast and furious up against a tree if you catch my drift?"

Jacob let out a huge belly laugh. "Sure thing Beautiful. A rain check, then?" He asked, winking.

Bella laughed, looking down shyly. "Yeah…I'd really like that."

He let Bella down and they straightened out there clothes. "Hey Jake….I think we need to talk about…..I mean, I LEFT you Jake! I left you, and I feel like you are just forgiving me? Just like that?"

Jake took Bella's hand in his. Brushing some hair that had become loose from her braid behind her ear, he looked her in the eyes. "Bella…First off, I told you to get out there. And Second, you really don't think you are worth that forgiveness even if you actually HAD done something wrong? Listen…there's something I need to tell you….and I need you to try your best to understand. I would never, EVER force you to do something you don't want. So don't let what I'm about to say change anything….."

Taking a deep breath, he steeled himself for a moment before continuing, "Bella….We wolves….Well, I think it's just us….we do something called imprinting. It's where with just one look, the person we imprint on becomes our EVERYTHING, becomes our reason for living, our sun, moon, and stars. You, Bella, are my imprint. Isabella Swan, I imprinted on you.